Health informatics: Current issues and challenges

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 501-518

  Bath, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health informatics; Health information management; Medical informatics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CYBERNETICS; HEALTH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

DIGITAL DIVIDES; E HEALTH; ELECTRONIC RECORDS; ETHICAL CONCERNS; FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS; HEALTH INFORMATICS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTS); INFORMATION NEEDS; ISSUES AND CHALLENGES; PERSONAL HEALTH; USER GROUPS;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 46249107907     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551508092267     Document Type: Article

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